Need Aggregates for Your Construction Project?

July 23, 2024
Rock Stone and Sand Yard, RSSY, construction and decorative aggregates are a broad category of coarse to medium-grained particulate material used in construction, including sand, gravel, crushed stone, slag and recycled concrete.
 
Aggregates are the most mined materials in the world. Aggregates are a component of composite materials such as concrete and asphalt; the aggregate serves as reinforcement to add strength to the overall composite material. Due to the relatively high hydraulic conductivity value as compared to most soils, aggregates are widely used in drainage applications such as foundation and French drains, septic drain fields, retaining wall drains, and roadside edge drains.
 
Aggregates are also used as base material under foundations, roads, and railroads. In other words, aggregates are used as a stable foundation or road/rail base with predictable, uniform properties (e.g. to help prevent differential settling under the road or building), or as a low-cost extender that binds with more expensive cement or asphalt to form concrete.
 
Call RSSY’s sales persons today (703) 339-8095 for pricing and help choosing the proper aggregate for your job. Please visit our web page for additional details.
 

Paver Deck for Your Pool

July 17, 2024
The Summer heat has arrived and it’s time for Northern Virginia residents to install a new pool? Top off the project by purchasing high-quality, custom pavers for your pool deck furnished by Rock Stone and Sand Yard, RSSY.
 
While a pool is arguably the best gathering place for friends and family conveniently located right outside your back door, let’s not skimp on the area that surrounds it.
 
Paver pool decks turn your pool into a space of luxury. For your paver pool deck, choose between a wide variety of size, color, and style pavers. Reflect your home’s existing style, or take this opportunity to get creative to make it pop. Regardless, your paver pool deck can be fully customized with our hardscape sales persons.
 
Call RSSY’s sales persons today (703) 339-8095 for pricing and help designing your pool paver deck. Please visit our web page for additional details.
 

Our Extensive Inventory of Natural Rock in Different Type, Sizes and Colors

July 10, 2024
Rock Stone and Sand Yard, RSSY, offers an extensive inventory of natural rock coming in many different type, sizes, and colors. Whether you are building a water garden paradise, patio, walkway, fireplace or stacked wall we can find the right rock for your job. Below are the different categories of palletized rock we carry.
 
Boulders
These rocks make a great addition to accent any landscape. The range in sizes and shape of these boulders are endless, each one is unique
 
Drystack
These rocks are generally used for creating retaining walls. Thin Drystack is 1″ to 2″ thick. Thick Drystack is 2″ to 3″ thick. Both have a face of around 60 square inches.
 
Flagstone
Flagstone is a durable sedimentary stone that forms a thin layers from 1 1/2″ to 2 1/2″ that are perfect for creating patios, walkways, pool decks, stepping stones, steps, wall caps, fireplaces, and columns.
 
River Rock
River rock has been reshaped and curved over time. Once sharp and jagged, these rocks adorned stream and river for centuries until they transformed into the smooth, round pieces we have today. Dry creek beds and water features are widespread uses of this material.
 
Stack
Over time, these rocks have been battered by the elements to give it a unique, natural appearance. Browns, tan, and gray are present on the outside but chipped away the outer shell to reveal vibrant reds, pink, and purple on the inside. Uses include stacked walls, boarders, fireplaces, edging, columns and even water features. If there is something you can build with rock, chances are you can use these.
 
Stepper
For years, these rocks have been battered by the elements giving them a unique, natural appearance. Steppers are rustic and worn stepping stones, irregular in shape. Generally 5″ to 10″ thick. Steppers add an interesting touch to any pathway.
 
Veneer
Veneer or thin cut stone is ideal for building stacked rock walls, edging for landscape beds, and especially for veneer walls. Thickness of this stone ranges from 3/4″ to 1 1/2″. Colors range from light and dark brown, gray, blue, black, green, and burgundy.
 
Call us today (703) 338-8095 to discuss your use of these natural stones and visit our web page for images and additional information.

Northern Virginia’s Largest Selection of Thin and Thick Veneer Stone

July 3, 2024
When it comes to Northern Virginia’s largest selection of thin and thick veneer stone for stone siding and cladding, fireplaces, chimneys, foundations and more, it’s Rock Stone and Sand Yard, RSSY. RSSY carries an extensive inventory of natural stone products.
 
Finding veneer stone suppliers that stock and supply a large variety of veneer stone, both thin and thick bed veneer, as well as deliver within the Northern Virginia area can be challenging; After all, we all like a large variety to choose from when designing the look and feel of real stone into our stone siding and cladding, fireplace, chimney, foundation, outdoor kitchen and other projects!
 
Please call (703) 339-8095 today for pricing and details of our natural stone products and visit our web page for additional information.
 
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